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One lot of 850 acres SB off Velcourt £32 acre.Anyone go to the Durweston standing straw auction near Blandford on Friday?
One lot of 850 acres SB off Velcourt £32 acre.Anyone go to the Durweston standing straw auction near Blandford on Friday?
What sort of a crop?One lot of 850 acres SB off Velcourt £32 acre.
One lot of 850 acres SB off Velcourt £32 acre.
A combine never worry’s me, just some of the owners you wouldn’t want to touch. There’s a lot of farmers sell straw that in reality shouldn’t as they are in a ‘pisssedd off state’ the moment they see a straw swath on their land.One of Charlie Batten's lots? What do you think you'll get behind those Axial Flows? 1t/ac?
You would need to base it on a ton if it looked ok then any bit more is a bonus. The previous years purchasers of said lots were told not to bid, for as straw contractors they made good farmers.One of Charlie Batten's lots? What do you think you'll get behind those Axial Flows? 1t/ac?
I agree. We have never done much baling but definitely won’t anymore I don’t think. Too valuable to me and too much hassle.Look at Ahdb wheat or barley guide the straw roots and char contains some nitrogen
a 8 tonne ha yield ha a similar amount of straw roots and chaf half can be baled the rest goes into the total non grain biomass from the crop contains 80 kg of n not enough to keep the c/n ratio right
but selling straw takes some n away along with other nutrients we have to utilise it before it is lost to the drains
I believe the victorians understood this better than we have done since the cheap bag of n was available
now with n at 50p a kg or more compared to under 10 p in the 20thieth century
just an diesel is now 45p a litre compared to 5p in the mid 20tieth c
imho a cover crop can cover its cost in nutrients and drainage
I once bought one lot of 800 acres of SB straw at £33/ acre in today's money, baled it, carted it and stacked it all up waiting for the winter to come.One lot of 850 acres SB off Velcourt £32 acre.
Fair fire thatI once bought 800 acres of SB straw at £33/ acre in today's money, baled it, carted it and stacked it all up waiting for winter to come.
This was 1962 and by Christmas it was all sold to our usual friendly merchant for an attractive sum which was then enough to buy three cottages in the local village, possibly four.
On Boxing Day 1962 it got all completely snowed up for 13 weeks with no access possible and on Easter Monday 1963 we set fire to all 56,000 bales.
how much was it an acre back then ?I once bought 800 acres of SB straw at £33/ acre in today's money
30 shillings (£1.50)how much was it an acre back then ?
when I remember first we paid 3p/bale local, go for a drive and they would give it to you30 shillings (£1.50)
1962 was an exceptionally good crop - never paid more than 20 shillings/acre before then.when I remember first we paid 3p/bale local, go for a drive and they would give it to you
Fair enough - that's about 45 shillings/acre, baled.3p/bale
are you sure it wasnt a guinea with the shilling as auctioneers commision1962 was an exceptionally good crop - never paid more than 20 shillings/acre before then.